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you wont get far with blender. Get MODO.

>>725563
You can download student license versions of Max and Maya.

>>725566
MODO is the king for modelling

>>725563
>if I wanna make 3d models
Maya is not an option, download Max student version

You'll need to start with modeling principles which are common to all such software first, making the question moot really. Just pick one and start learning. Spending time at this stage in the learning process fretting over which software to use is largely a mistake. I'm assuming you don't have prior experience of course.

>>725568
Lmao

>>725577
are you stupid or just trolling?

>>725569
>Maya is not an option
Stop right there, criminal scum.

>>725580
Found a Modolet

>>725582
This looks worse than what I've seen blender artists make.

Is maya much worse than 3Ds max?

>>725584
>t. coping blendlet

>>725582
F*ck maya, and f*ck duplicate special

>>725593
Never gonna make it

>>725590
A "-let" is a person who doesn't have it, so a blendlet is a person who doesn't have blender you brainlet.

>>725610
nah u got that wrong niglet

>>725610
is this what blrainlets really believe?

>>725569
I'm a Maya user, and i don't notices any significant difference between the two, outside of the obvious. Maya, 3ds, Blender, it is all the same. At the end of the day is more about your experience than the tool you use.

Why not get Blender???

>>725584
Sure buddy. If some artist is better than Elementza is not because they have are Blender user, stop putting software over experience, practice, and knowledge.
Maya and 3ds are just different, i would say Maya is a bit faster but that is just my opinion.

>>725563
You don't even need to pirate anything these days. Autodesk provides a free educational / hobbyist / non-commercial licence that lasts 3 years and can be renewed indefinitely for all their software.
As for the software choice itself, I hear that 3DSMax is generally recommended for poly modeling, but I started with Maya and found it to be able to do pretty much anything I could ever want and more. Modeling, animation, VFX, motion graphics, complex shader systems, particle simulations, rendering. The only thing its not really good for is sculpting, or rather, zbrush is so far ahead of everyone else that nobody even considers anything else for sculpting these days.
Can't really say much about blender as an outsider, but it does seem to have a very active and passionate, if somewhat newbish userbase. If you're only starting out and want a lot of easy to find tutorials and guides, maybe thats the best choice, once you get a good understanding of principles of 3D in general its easy to swap between software imo. Good luck.

>>725661
BuT MODO iS tHe KiNg FoR MoDeLLiNg

>>725661
>Autodesk provides a free educational / hobbyist / non-commercial licence that lasts 3 years and can be renewed indefinitely for all their software.
it only works with an educational email, retard

>>725668
>t. I hate Maya so much I haven't even bothered to try it

>>725669
I used maya in school when I had an edu email. That was in 2012. Now I dont have that email anymore so I can no longer use it.

Fucking troll idiot

>>725671
What are you talking about? I used a throwaway outlook email like 5 month ago and it work fine

>>725683
post proof or gtfo

>>725684
Autodesk doesn't check and probably doesn't even care, you dumbstick. I'm using an email from my own domain, they haven't said anything, and it's been like that since at least Maya 2018. Go suck on a doorknob, or register for an education license on Autodesk: the choice is yours.

>>725689
i dont have my own domain or an outlook email you absolute monkey

I'll throw one in the hat for Blender. Until you are at least as good as the best Blender user there's really no reason to use another piece of software unless you intend to work professionally. And even if you do, you may benefit from learning different softwares.

>>725692
But you have a brain, don't you? Use it, faggot.

>>725658
You are a voice of reason in a sea of idiots. I'd like to add that everyone should try each tool to see which one fits their personality best. I don't like the vibes of some software packages even if they are feature-wise virtually identical. If I can't fix it with a theme, then I will look for alternatives. You're going to be staring at it for potentially hundreds (maybe thousands) of hours, so you better like it. I'd say you should consider the community, but let's face it, they're all bad. Blender's might be the worst, though.

I tend to prefer FOSS because I really, really hate launchers and "walled gardens". Or having to sign up to get a download link. I don't know the current state of Maya/Max when it comes to installation, but Blender is a single, self-installing executable, installs into a folder, and all the tools are inside so you could (in theory) never have to leave. In practice, you'll probably prefer to paint your textures in GIMP/Photoshop.

>>725705
You can use any fucking email for god sake, I just used a random yahoo one to get maya 2020 a month ago. You're way too cocky for a guy who has no idea what he is talking about.

>>725720
meant for
>>725668
>>725671
>>725684
>>725692

>>725702
Not a blender user, but this seen like a sound advice

>>725711
Imagine choosing your software because of the download and installation process -- something that will take less than 0.001% of your time with that software.

I'm using Maya, Max and Blender on a daily basis
and in my opinion every software has it's strenght in different

Regarding blender... just try it, it's free

In terms of autodesk software:

1: with a classic polygon modelling workflow max shits on everything i've used, it's greatest strength is that it's non destructive since it uses a modifier stack, if you wanna do anything modelling related max can do it.

Maya on the other hand excels in everything that is related to rigging and animation, in my opinion the only real modelling related advantage maya has over max in terms of modelling would be if you're going for a nurbs related workflow f.e. automotive modelling.

But generally speaking if you just wanna do models you'll be fine with any software anyways.

>>725744
What do you like about blender?

There is literally no reason not to try Blender. It's fucking free. You can download it right now and have it running in seconds.

I would advise any and every beginner to do that, simply for that reason alone.

Maya, Max and Zbrush are all good and they all do one or more things better than Blender and which one is the 'best' will depend on what you are modelling, but Blender is an excellent general purpose 3D modelling program. It isn't massively specialized for poly modelling like Max, it isn't specialized for animation like Maya, and it isn't massively specialized for sculpting like Zbrush.

But it is very capable of doing all of those things with high quality results. Honestly, with 2.8, sculpting is just as good as Zbrush for most things. Only an experienced 3D artist would reap the benefits of using Zbrush over Blender as things are right now.

>>725659
Because it sucks.

Download all three and pirate the paid plugins.

>>725732
>being a cuck

>>725747
If he uses blender he's going to be making utter garbage like this.

>>725563
Do you want to be making shit like this?

>>725896

>>725896
Stop trying to summon him, you filthy trans witch.

>>725568
can't pirate modo, therefore it's completely irrelevant

>>725903
you can and i have before

>>725900
>him
you don't mean...
oh god please no

>>725563
Go with Max, just so that I can enjoy your suffering while working in Blender at 20x your speed.

>>725915
Based blendlet.

>>725563
>Piracy
Tbis

>>725745
versatility

If you're a home user or a freelancer then sure go ahead.

>>725563

I found learning resources to be far more plentiful for maya if its ONLY 3d modeling, pushing verts then blender will do.

If it's more then get the tool that's right for the job.

For rigging/animation it's Maya for sim it's Houdini, for sculpting it's Zbrush (but only if you learn all the secondary and tertiary functionality, otherwise you might as well use blender)

>>725564
I have pirated modo, opened it and noticed the viewport rotation isn't locked in Y axis, closed it immediately and unninstaled that shit

In terms of U.I, I prefer Maya.

Blender, if you dont want to jump through hoops getting a decent version pirated of maya, max or zbrush running.

>>725563
It doesn't actually matter, but Blender is the best option for beginners because of it's massive tutorial and knowledge base

does someone working in video games even need autojew software?

>>728701
He doesn't even bother to look in the options. Just completely and utterly based.

>>728935
rigging outside of Maya makes me want to suck on a shotgun

As a modo user I would adivse to start with Blender. Currently it's very good, and does some things better then modo. Like having a shrinkwrap modifier. Which is ace. I just started to learn blender because the tutorials are so good. Start with CGboost blender 2.8 launchpad, and then do the Master Car Creation in Blender. I still prefer modo by a small margin, but even if you know other applications Blender is still worth learning.
And some very good paid plugins are Meshmachine, Hardops, boxcutter.


Master Car Creation in Blender. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwoq53Bjb3Y
CG Launchpad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB2XbleoB98
Meshmachine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEiWdodIcSo&list=PLcEiZ9GDvSdXR9kd4O6cdQN_6i0LOe5lw&index=4

As for modo, i don't have any recommendations for good starting tutorials. Bu there is a guy who;s tutorials are fantastic in general, he used to to modo, now he does blender. His name is Peter Stammbach, he sounds like grandpa simpson. His tutorials are usually intelligent, quick, and to the point.

https://www.youtube.com/user/stammpe2

>80% of this board is talking about software
None of you are actual artists or ever going to be artists.

>>725658
This, but employers want you to be experts at the software on day 1, unless your demo reel is pixar quality

>>725563
I used to use 3ds max and Maya (student license) and then tried blender. First it was an absolute clusterfuck and to this day I find it lacks some features. But all my recent projects have been blender projects, I guess because it's quite fun to explore features of blender and also because its a single piece of software doing it all. I have found some problems though, which make it basically impossible to use for some projects

>>729691

there are 9 pro artists here..

>>725711
>You're going to be staring at it for potentially hundreds (maybe thousands) of hours, so you better like it.
I hated the blender pre 2.8 UI so much that I dropped 3D fairly quickly altogether for 2 years until very recently. Now with the new UI it is a lot of fun.

>>725563
It depends where you see yourself in 5 or 10 years. Do you want to work as a professional in the industry? Then Maya and 3DS max are your answer.

>>729825
Ok then let me rephrase it to:
None of the 80% will ever be artists and almost none of the remaining 20%
You shouldn't take everyone so literally.

indie game DeEvEloPeR enthusiast here, what to use to make level geometry AND assets for UE4?

>>725563
Learn Blender. It's becoming the standard.